Go back to the Ming Dynasty to be a thousand households

Chapter 258 Intelligence Imperial Newspaper Power

The teacher surnamed Qin said that Huang Laifu intended to suppress public opinion in Wuzhaibao. Indeed, he was right!Huang Laifu, who came from later generations, certainly knows how powerful public opinion is.In other words, a lie repeated a thousand times becomes the truth!Whoever controls public opinion, who controls the right to speak, controls the truth!
It's time to control the speech of a town. Although controlling public opinion is suspected of hindering freedom of speech, the end of Ming Dynasty was the era of freedom of speech that is famous in Chinese history.However, in Huang Laifu's mind, the so-called freedom of speech has no meaning before the development of productivity!The speeches at the end of the Song Dynasty and the end of the Ming Dynasty said that they could not even compare with the United States in the early 20th century, but so what, the Song and Ming Dynasties still perished in the end.

So the most important thing now is to solve the problem of eating for the common people of Ming Dynasty, know the etiquette when there is enough granary, and know the honor and disgrace when there is enough food and clothing.When the people are full, they will naturally choose the path they should take. At that time, they only need to pay attention to and follow the historical trend.What I have to do now is to develop production and recruit some obedient literati to spread my ideas.

After the unfavorable factors of Wuzhai Academy were resolved, Huang Laifu ordered Wang Qinian to recruit teachers only from local literati in Wuzhaibao. At the same time, Huang Laifu also decided to set up supervisors in the academy to specialize in the brainwashing of the students, so as to ensure that these students would be educated after graduation. , and Huang Laifu are of the same heart.

After repairing the disobedient literati in the academy, Huang Laifu fought the disobedient merchants in Wuzhaibao at the same time!Wuzhai Fort is a military fort, so the military law is enforced here, and the army in the fort is also the police.Starting from April 22, Wuzhaiying, together with Wuzhaibao Urban Management Bureau, Wuzhaibao Propaganda Bureau, Wuzhaibao Accounting Bureau, Wuzhaibao Chamber of Commerce, etc., conducted a large-scale investigation of various merchants in Wuzhaibao. For those businessmen who were dissatisfied with Huang Laifu, they were charged with tax evasion, false accounts, etc., and these people were fined several times, and they were severely driven out of Wuzhai Fort. These people will even operate in Shanxi Town in the future. There will also be great difficulties and obstacles.

For Huang Laifu's thunderous method, for a while, the inside and outside of the castle were shocked!

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Having been in this world for so long, Huang Laifu deeply felt the pain of not having any means of intelligence. Usually, he had to rely on his own army or some private sources for intelligence. After all, this is not a professional department. It has its own special intelligence organization.

In the Ming Dynasty, the most powerful intelligence department was of course the Jinyiwei.And in the army, perhaps the military divisions, guild halls, and car driving divisions of the Ministry of War have some sources of information, and the rest are the individual military generals who have their own personal sources of information.Especially the staff members and Zan Hua and others around the general soldier's mansion are some of the staff officers next to the general soldier.

Of course, these are not professional. In the past, Huang Laifu did not set up an intelligence department because Daming Jinyiwei put too much pressure on him.But think about it, even if you set up an intelligence department by yourself, it is normal. Which of the staff officers next to General Daming is not engaged in intelligence collection?
Huang Laifu, who came from later generations, of course understands the structure of the Intelligence Staff Department, and the materials he sorted out in his laptop are also rich in relevant content, including Chinese, American, Vietnamese, Soviet, Israeli, Chinese and foreign.How to set up can give him detailed reference and inspiration.The point is that it is difficult to find the person in charge of the intelligence department.

But the so-called no place to find when you break through the iron shoes, it doesn't take much effort to get it.On the 26th, someone stood in front of Huang Laifu and formed an intelligence bureau with Huang Laifu, named Wuzhaibao Security Bureau.

Huang Laifu didn't know that from this day on, an unprecedentedly powerful secret intelligence agency was born in the world. More than 100 years later, the Wuzhaibao Security Bureau became the world's largest intelligence agency, with fifteen branches and various agents. Nearly a million informants.Everywhere in the world is shrouded in his shadow. Except for the Ming Dynasty's Jinyiwei, there is no intelligence organization anywhere that can rival him!
This secret intelligence agency is above all departments and is only responsible to Huang Laifu. From then on, only the eldest son of the Huang family can have the commanding power of this organization.Wuzhaibao Security Bureau has developed rapidly since its establishment, and it is inseparable from the first director of the Security Bureau. Behind many historical events, there is this person, but except for Huang Laifu, no one knows the name of this person. Everyone called him: "That man!"

There are even many people who don't know his appearance or his gender.And besides Huang Laifu, no one likes him, including Huang Laifu's wives, concubines and children.Except for Huang Laifu, everyone was also full of fear for him, this man was like a poisonous snake hiding in the dark, looking at the world with a gloomy expression.

On May 23, the [-]rd year of Wanli, Huang Laifu set up a toll bureau on the cement road from Wuzhaibao to Ningwuguan to collect tolls and road maintenance fees for merchants' vehicles and horses.Due to Huang Laifu's thunderous tactics in Wuzhaibao, no one dared to have objections.And because the fees charged by the toll bureau are reasonable, the business between the two places has not been greatly affected.

On May [-]th, a new thing appeared in Wuzhaibao, a newspaper—"Wuzhaibao News".

Speaking of which, newspapers were not a rare thing for the Chinese people in ancient times.As early as the Tang Dynasty, there was a "Kaiyuan Miscellaneous News", which mainly recorded official and military decrees, and the daily life of the emperor.In the Song Dynasty, in addition to official newspapers, non-governmental tabloids were popular. Especially when the Jin invaded Tokyo, tabloids were even more expensive in Luoyang.In the West at this time, the earliest English-language newspaper "The British Courier" (1588) also appeared.

Of course, compared with them, "Wuzhaibao News" is very majestic. Once it was released, it issued [-] copies, each selling for a penny, and issued once every three days.The Wuzhai Fort army, all Wuzhai Fort bureaus, and all Wuzhai Fort farms must subscribe.In the streets and alleys of Wuzhaibao, many newspaper columns were also set up for passers-by to read for free.After several years of hard work, the literacy rate in Wuzhai Fort has greatly increased.That is, many ordinary military households can basically understand newspapers.

In addition, it is retail, a thick stack is only a penny, it is really not expensive, everyone can afford it, and under the deliberate indoctrination of the Publicity Bureau, many teahouses and restaurants, in order to attract customers, imply that they also Even if we can keep up with the current trend, we also invited more storytellers to sing newspapers.Many talented storytellers also made newspaper news soundtracks and sang the news one by one in restaurants or in various places, which also attracted a large crowd of people.

"Wuzhaibao News" is issued by the Wuzhaibao Publicity Bureau, and funded by the Wuzhaibao Accounting Bureau and the Bank and Money Bureau, regardless of profitability.Like the official residence newspaper, "Wuzhaibao News" also reproduced some things in the residence newspaper, such as the imperial decree of the emperor, the appointment, dismissal and promotion of some officials.

In addition, there are many news items in "Wuzhaibao News", local news, and many official unpublished news. on something.We accept submissions from everyone and merchant advertisements.At this time, legends of the Ming Dynasty were prevalent, and "Wuzhaibao News" was also serializing legendary novels.Moreover, the issuance speed is faster than the official mansion newspaper, and the timeliness is strong. Once it is released, it is very popular, and the income and expenditure are basically balanced.

Not only people from Wuzhaibao rushed to watch it first, but also merchants, scholars and doctors outside the fort asked people to come to buy it. A few months later, Wuzhaibao News set up branches in other Junbao prefectures and counties. Of course, in order to ensure that For the safety of the newspaper, Huang Laifu also assigned a group of thugs to these branches.The newspaper reporter has also become a very enviable profession.

More than ten years later, branches of "Wuzhaibao News" spread all over the country.In the end, even Emperor Wanli and many civil officials who were dissatisfied with Huang Laifu became loyal readers of Wuzhaibao News.

Of course, as the mouthpiece of the Wuzhaibao Propaganda Bureau, the main function of the "Wuzhaibao News" is to guide public opinion in various places and sing praises for Huang Laifu and Emperor Wanli.For example, from the first day of the newspaper's publication on May [-], the headlines on the front page have appeared one after another.

"Follow Huang Junmen closely and strive to build a better tomorrow for Wuzhaibao!" "

"The sun is shining, Huang Junmen has a cordial meeting with General Jiang Dazhong, the general of Wuzhaibao!" "

"Paying taxes in accordance with the law is glorious, tax evasion and tax evasion is shameful-profiteers and speculators must be severely cracked down!" "

"Feeling the Warmth, Shopkeeper Qu Yuanrui talks about the details of the meeting with Huang Junmen!" "

"Take it from the people, use it for the people——Talk about the necessity of setting up Wuzhaibao and Ningwuguan toll bureaus!" "

"Widows, Widows, Lonely, and All Illnesses Are Supported——Follow Huang Junmen's condolences to the Nursing Home and See! "

"Huang Junmen cordially meets the outstanding bird gunslinger Yang Bold! "

"Urgent, Notice on All Soldiers of Wuzhai Fort Learning from Sergeant Yang Bold! "

"Solitary news, Wuzhai Fort is developing rapidly, and the capital's Hongmaoyi is excited, and intends to organize a group to visit this fort!" "

"Huang Junmen cordially condolences to all the soldiers of the old camp who are fighting on the front line of the anti-Japanese war!" "

"Responding to His Majesty's notice on recruiting talents, persuading and rewarding foreign officials, checking border salaries, storing and raising general materials, and selecting border officials!" "

"Huang Junmen bathes and changes clothes, thinking of the emperor's grace with tears in his eyes!" "

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"Hmph! What is Huang Laifu going to do?"

In the Ningwuguan Inspection Office, Li Xunyan threw several copies of "Wuzhaibao News" on the table, thinking thoughtfully.During the past few days, he has been brushing papers, listening to lawsuits, questioning officials, and he thinks he has got a lot of evidence against Huang Laifu.Especially after Huang Laifu went to Wuzhai Fort, he wantonly cleaned up disobedient literati and merchants. Many people came to cry with Li Xun, which made Li Xun even more excited. Huang Laifu's actions will definitely lose everyone's hearts.If I take him down, I will definitely eliminate harm for the people and win a clean reputation.

However, Huang Laifu went on to deal with newspapers, etc., but Li Xunsong felt that Huang Laifu was not a simple person, not an ordinary martial artist.In Daming, the greatest advantage of literati is to control public opinion and the right to speak, and to describe people who are not right as traitors, traitors and villains.He has even left him with a notorious reputation in history, but Huang Laifu did this, and Li Xun was a little worried. The birth of "Wuzhaibao News" and its popularity are already challenges. The deep-rooted right to speak of their literati.

Li Xunyan even felt that with the rapid development of "Wuzhaibao News", if one day they wanted to blackmail someone, it would be too easy.

(End of this chapter)